Outcomes of an intervention to reduce uncertainty among African American women with diabetes

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 928-942

  Amoako, Emelia ^a   Skelly, Anne H ^b   Rossen, Eileen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes self care; Older African American women; Psychosocial adjustment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TELENURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TELENURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN;

EID: 55449092937     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945908320465     Document Type: Article

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